Boxing Day Bash (05/12/20)

As a kid, what I really liked about Christmas was that it didn't end there. We had another day of presents, treats, and food on Boxing Day. I really liked the coins covered in tinfoil in the Christmas pudding, the crazy cracker things that we pulled to try and light the house on fire, the yummy trifle, and the wonderful chaos that ensued.

Christmas can become too tidy, too organized, and way too focused on the 'perfect' celebration. I really prefer a Boxing Day Bash. I'm going to throw one this year. Complete with trifle, fire crackers, (we have an extinquisher near by, I think!), and good sherry.

I won't clean up too much before people come, (that won't be hard to do!), and hope that all the coats cover the dirty floor. I'll make a punch without a recipe, and perhaps a Christmas pudding too. Mostly, I'm looking forward to sucking every last bit of juice out of the turkey bones while people eye me warily.

They have no idea, of course, of whom I come from.

The memories are wonderful Nan and Grandad.